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Digital Aerial Photography
One of the companies we are working with in Switzerland and Germany uses a nice mini helicopter to capture property HD video and I see other Real Estate tour vendors are picking up on it i.e. http://silverhousehd.com/ to see the pic of their chopter choose the #2 on the main video player on their page. hmmm I wonder what happens when you run it through the main window of the house :)
Mark
Hehe... I've been looking at helicopters and even blimps for months... unfortunately, not an expense I can justify yet.
Way cool stuff!
Check out www.aplanding.com Those guys put video/still cameras on blimps, balloons, mini choppers, RC airplanes, and 50' tall tripods (I have one of those, check out my shots here www.suffolkhometours.com/photo )
Bought a heli about 4 months ago, just a smaller one to practice on, they are pretty difficult to fly. Still not ready to throw $1500-$2000 into a system, and send a 5D2 50 feet in the air. Just a little too nerve racking for me.
Dustin- Blimps sounded good to me too at first but the problem is they are expensive, and on top of that they are huge, not something you are going to throw in the back of a suv.
Worst part not even the most experienced pilot can fly in heavy winds, just not something a smaller plane can handle
Definitely give you cool video if you have the experience/equipment to do so.
Good point on the blimp... I wouldn't consider that unless I had a trailer for it... :D Maybe someday...
I'm really thinking I could get some awesome shots from a helicopter, but we'll see where we're at. There's a company I know in Utah locally that also sells blimps, choppers, etc. http://flyingsensors.com They also offer the videography/photography as a service, which is what most of the site is about. Here's the link to their solutions.
And I thought we were a bunch of nerds. This is the BEST conversation to happen in the hood in at least a few days. Awesome!
I think if we ever give away a prize for "Best Video of the Year" or something, we'll give away a helicopter.
It was requested that we post this link into the discussion:
http://steel.ced.berkeley.edu/
Wow... had no idea. Makes sense, though the FAA really needs to get those regulations adjusted quickly... maybe I'll get one next spring... :
There is someone in my area who does this, but he will only do it for the agents at the compnay he works for.
We've been offering this type of service since 2003. We have a 3 units ranging from 30' - 60' high and are ordering a 100' unit. We primarly shoot still photography but have recently adapted our video equipment to fit into our masts. Our masts are very sturdy we could easily operate in 15mph winds during the day and up to 10mph during the twilight hour. There are pros & cons to each "low altitude" service be it from a mast, blimp or RC helicopter. You pretty much have to deceide what are the most important applications to you and go with the equipment that is going to work best, for us it is the mast system. We've captured some truly beautiful images. The applications are endless here in Arizona. We've worked extremely hard to market this service and it has really paid off. Check out some of our shots here: http://residential.highresmediallc.com/elevation.html I hope to have some aerial video footage on the web soon.
I just do it the old fashioned way. Duct tape all of the important parts of my camera that I want to keep, go up in an airplane that is smaller than my closet, with a door that feels like a tin can, throw on some headphones so I can be notified when we're about to crash, open the window and hang out holding onto $5,000 worth of camera equipment for dear life....
Works every time. It's fun if you don't do it when it's 30 degrees out.....
